Chapter 13 - Please Forgive Me
It was Christmas Eve at the Weasley home. It was pact a little tight this year. Everyone one of her brothers were actually home this year. Bill and his girlfriend Fleur was there, Charlie, Sarah, and Penny, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Harry. Though this year they even had two more Hermione and Lavender were there too with the promise of both parents were to show up for Christmas Day dinner. There were fifteen people in the house and even though Ginny was forced to be sleeping in an old cot in her room she still wished there was one other person there. The only one who could make this the best Christmas ever just by showing up.
Ginny twist and turned for most of the night, but when sleep did not come to her, she sighed, threw the blankets off of her, and sat at her window seat. She hugged her legs to her chest and started to cry when something came crashing at her window. Ginny screamed and jumped up. She looked out the window to see if Errol flew into the window when she saw something standing in the snow below. She wasn't really sure what it was at first, but when she opened her window to get a better look she knew that it was him.
"What do you want, ferret breath!" Ginny wanted to say something different then that, but it made no difference to him.
Draco didn't say a word. He smiled and placed his guitar strap over his head and started to play.
With all the commotion that went on it wasn't long before Hermione and Lavender came to join her at the window. The two girls smiled slightly and the three of them listened to the song that Draco was playing.
Draco was still playing his guitar, not yet singing, he never played for an audience bigger then one before. It made him a bit more nervous. After another moment he pushed those feelings down and started to sing.
Still feels like Our first night together
Feels like the first kiss It's getting better baby
No one can better this Still holding on
You're still the one First time our eyes met
Same feeling I get Only feels much stronger
I wanna love you longer You still turn the fire on
So if you're feeling lonely, don't You're the only love I ever want
I only wanna make it good So if I love you a little more than I should
Please forgive me I know not what I do
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Don't deny me This pain I'm going through
Please forgive me If I need you like I do
Please believe it every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch Still getting closer baby
Can't get close enough Still holding on
Still number one I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything I remember all your moods
I remember you, yeah! I remember the nights you know I still do
So if you're feeling lonely, don't You're the only love I ever want
I only wanna make it good So if I love you a little more than I should
Please forgive me I know not what I do Please forgive me
I can't stop loving you Don't deny me
This pain I'm going through Please forgive me
If I need you like I do Please believe it every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
One thing I'm sure of Is the way we make love
One thing I depend on Is for us to stay strong
In every word and every breath I'm praying
That's why I'm saying
Please forgive me I know not what I do
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Don't deny me This pain I'm going through
Please forgive me If I need you like I do
Please believe it every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Ginny sat there and could barely contain her smile when Draco screamed, "I just came to say how sorry I really am."
There was a small pause and Ginny asked sincerely, "Was that it?"
Draco had a huge lump in his throat and said, "Uh..." He cleared his throat and said, "Yes. I came to tell you that I love you! I still do, Ginevra" he mumbled under his breath as he said, "Oh bloody hell," He looked up to her again and said, "and I always will."
Ginny just looked at him as though he was crazy and then quickly left his sight. The other two girls looked at each other and shrugged before heading back to their own beds.
As he saw this Draco kicked at the snow, jammed his hands into his pockets, and turned to leave. He turned his wand to himself and was about to apparate when something cold and hard came into contact with the bump on his head.
"Ow!" he said, rubbing his head. But when he turned around, he saw Ginny standing in the doorway of her house, wearing a pair of shorts and his jean shirt.
"Did you mean what you said?" she asked Draco.
She was there, not more than 20 feet away. He slowly walked towards her as though not wanting her to be scared off. "Yes, I did," he replied. "I mean it with all my heart and soul. And if you need me to prove it, I'd march right up to all of your brothers, wake them up, and tell them that I love you."
Ginny smiled and ran out to him.
Draco couldn't move. Here she was running through the snow barefoot and all he could do was watch this beautiful angel run towards him.
She jumped in his arms and kissed him hard on the mouth. The two fell down into the snow. Draco's head knocked onto the ground and his head was hurting like crazy, but he couldn't care less about it. Here was the love of his life in his arms kissing him with everything she had.
He ran his fingers through her hair and they pulled apart. He kept on whispering, "I love you, Ginevra."
Ginny smiled and whispered in his ear, "I love you too, Draco. Love you oh so much."
Draco looked up into her face and smiled. He had never heard anything better said to him.
He pulled her head down for another kiss when Ginny placed a hand on his chest to stop him. "I must know something."
"Anything."
"If you love me so much," tears started to form in her eyes, "then why did you say what you did at school?"
Draco sighed and said, "I thought that you'd be better off without me. I knew I didn't deserve you, and I still know that I don't deserve you..."
Ginny shook her head and said, "Don't say that."
Draco placed a finger against her lips and continued, "I thought that if I pushed you far enough away, you'd stop having feelings for me and would move on. I really thought that I would be able to protect you from my father if we weren't together, but then I remembered what happened before, and at that time I didn't have any feelings for you."
Ginny put her head down. Draco lifted her chin with his fingers so that she would look at him. "I can't promise you that my father won't cause your family any more trouble, and I can't promise you that my father won't cause us any trouble, but I can promise that I will do everything in my power to protect you. Even if it means being disowned by the only family I've ever had, or having everything I have taken away; even if it means giving my life for you. I'd do that all in a heart beat just because I love you, Ginevra Cleopatra Weasley." Draco sad with a smile.
Ginny started crying and his words. Draco wiped her tears away from her eyes with his thumbs and said, "Shhh... it's okay." He pulled her down closer to him and said, "Everything will work out great, angel." And he kissed her. The two held each other close, but it didn't seem close enough.
Draco and Ginny would have stayed on the ground making out until morning if they weren't interrupted with someone clearing their voice. Draco and Ginny pulled away and Draco went stiff.
"Hello, Mr. Weasley," Draco said, still lying on the ground, looking up.
To Be Continued…